by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Aladdin Paperbacks (2005)
Interest Level: Middle School
Awards or honors: Starred Review in Booklist, Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal
Category: Young Adult
Type: Novel
Summary: Tobin McCauley has been having a rough time at home and at school. It is not until his seventh grade year when he makes a friend in Henry and begins to raise chickens as a class project that he begins to come out of his shell and find out who he really is. A diverse company of characters adds color to this story. The ending is upbeat and hopeful. Good read.
Online Connections:
1. Learn more about this author and her books by visiting her website at http://www.francesdowell.com/.
2. Learn more about raising chickens in your own backyard at http://www.backyardchickens.com/
Book Connections:
1. Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell
2. The Fairest Fowl: portraits of championship chickens by Tamara Staples (photographer), Ira Glass (essays), Christa Velba (text)
Keywords: chickens, self-esteem, middle school, dysfunctional family, family problems, school, friendship
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